Foundation
What is the Delta Gamma Foundation's mission?
The Delta Gamma Foundation fosters lifetime enrichment for members promotes Service for Sight and partners with the Fraternity to ensure the future of our sisterhood.
What is the minimum requirement of hours volunteering for Service for Sight per member per academic year?
10 hours
What is Delta Gamma collegians most popular and only Greek trademarked fundraiser?
Anchor Splash®/Anchor Games (which is hosted by more than 100 DG chapters annually.)
Who was the visually impaired Delta Gamma who proposed Service for Sight as Delta Gamma's philanthropy at Convention in 1936?
Ruth Billow.
What is the Golden Anchor Program designed to do?
Support and bring joy to senior citizens. (The likelihood of sight issues increases with age.)
What is the purpose of Sisters helping Sisters?
Need-Based Scholarships to collegiate members who have proven financial need or who find themselves in a sudden or unexpected financial crisis.
What year was the Delta Gamma Foundation Incorporated?
1951
What is Service for Sight: Joining Forces designed to do?
give back to the men and women of the military in the United States and Canada. (Many of our service men and women are returning home experiencing an increase in vision impairment, eye trauma or vision loss.)
What is an Anchor Grant?
help DG sisters who find themselves in extreme financial need created by job loss, health crisis, natural disasters or other unexpected life circumstances.
How many schools for visually impaired children has Delta Gamma founded and where are they?
5 schools in Los Angeles, Denver, Kansas City, St. Louis and Phoenix.
Name at least one organization for the visually impaired that Delta Gamma partners with.
Delta Gamma partners with the United States Association of Blind Athletes, Team With A Vision and the Massachusetts Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired supporting both the California International Marathon and the Boston Marathon.
This program allows Delta Gamma collegiate chapters to “Do Good” by allowing the chapter to give up to 50% of their net proceeds from their Foundation fundraisers to directly help a local organizations that are like us-working with those that are blind and visually impaired.
The Foundation fulfills its mission through three signature programs. What are they?
1. Service for Sight
2. Grants to the Fraternity for Leadership and Educational Programming
3. Grants to Individual Members
How much money does Delta Gamma donate annually to organizations training guide dogs?
$100,000
Which program educates collegiate women on the mission and goals of the Delta Gamma Foundation and establishes a culture of lifetime giving?
Delta Gamma Visionaries